Montgomery County has activated the Extreme Cold Plan for a Hypothermia Alert for 6pm Sun, 12/19 until 11am Mon, 12/20.
Expect the wind chill to be below 32 deg. Wear layers if you go outside. Take extra precautions if you spend significant time outdoors.
The Washington Mystics today won the 21st annual WNBA Draft Lottery and earned the top pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm to be held in April 2022.
The Lottery results were broadcast during a 30-minute WNBA Draft Lottery special on ESPN between games of its women’s college basketball doubleheader featuring Baylor vs. Michigan and Louisville vs. Connecticut.
The NFL decided to move the Washington Football Team/Philadelphia Eagles game from today to Tuesday Night after the WFT’s Covid-19 List grew to over 20 players on Friday.
A new agreement will require Covid tests for unvaccinated players only unless a vaccinated player is experiencing symptoms, which should keep further postponements or cancellations from occurring.
It has been over two years since we let you know that True Food Kitchen would be taking the place of Joe’s Crab Shack in Rio.
True Food Kitchen has a 10:30am hearing on January 6th, 2022 with Alcohol Beverage Services, to obtain a license to sell alcohol at the new location (221 Rio Boulevard, Suite 0221, Gaithersburg, MD 20878).
Construction at the upcoming Shake Shack (150 Kentlands Square Place) in the Kentlands neighborhood has not begun just yet, but the burger chain will have its Alcohol Beverage Services (ABS) hearing, which would give them a license to sell beer and wine on the premises, at 9:30am on January 6th.
Included in the site plan were renderings (shown below) of what Shake Shack will look like when it’s built as a standalone restaurant between the new Starbucks and the existing Chipotle across the parking lot from Lowe’s. Plans were approved this past summer.
Back in November of 2020, we let you know that Jongro BBQ, a popular New York Korean BBQ restaurant, is opening up shop at Wheaton Mall. The latest update we have received from Westfield Wheaton (this past October) is that the restaurant is expected to open in January, 2022.
On January 6th at 10am, the restaurant will have an ABS hearing for the alcohol license application on behalf of Jongro BBQ Corporation for a Class B, Beer, Wine, and Liquor License, On Sale Only, for the premises known as JongRo BBQ.
One of the leading biotechnology and diagnostics companies in the field of neglected viral diseases with pandemic potential now calls a prime biotechnology and life sciences community its home, as Zalgen Labs LLC today announced its headquarters has relocated from Germantown to Frederick, Maryland.
Update: Finnegan’s Wake has reopened. “We are back and HEALTHY! Thank you for your patience while we tested our staff to ensure everyones safety. We will be open today(Wednesday) for our normal hours.”
Finnegan’s Wake has announced a temporary closure via its social media, for the safety of staff and patrons
Longtime MoCo resident James Brown was a member of the 2020/2021 class of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame that was inducted earlier this week.
Affectionately known as “JB,” Brown is perhaps best known for hosting NFL Today.
Bill Gibson stripped down his 1978 Lincoln and was able to convert it into the Batmobile from the 60s Batman TV show entirely on his own.
Since Halloween of 2016, you may have seen Bill and his Batmobile driving around town, in the Burtonsville Day Parade, or visiting places like the Children’s Inn at NIH or the Carl Sandburg Learning Center to brighten the day of children from our area.
Santa may be visiting your Gaithersburg/Washington Grove, Rockville, Poolesville, Damascus, Hillandale, Sandy Spring, Cabin John, Takoma Park, Laytonsville neighborhoods as fire departments across the county will be guiding Santa through all the neighborhoods listed as well as surrounding neighborhoods.
Below, you’ll see Santa’s schedule for each of these areas: